Dunnville No.6 R.C.A.F.

 

Location:  Haldimand County   N 42 52.610  W 79 35.393
On the grounds of the former Dunnville Airport, on Port Maitland Road.
 

This fantastic memorial is a tribute to the contribution made by the various flight schools that comprised the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during World War II.  The memorial consists of a Harvard Trainer, similar to the type used by many of these schools, the flags of Commonwealth nations whose pilots trained here, and four stone memorials.
The four stone memorials represent the No.6 Service Flying Training School here in Dunnville, the No.16 Service Flying Training School in Hagersville, the No.1 Bombing and Gunnery School in Jarvis, and finally a tribute to the Civil Engineers that constructed the 176 airfields needed for this massive yet vital training service to support the war effort.
On the grounds of the this former airport is also a wonderful museum dedicated to the Air Training Plan.  The airport itself closed recently with the erection of nearby wind turbines, another slap in the face to our heritage and to the local citizens and flyers.  I highly recommend visiting this museum if you are in the area.  I will post a separate entry for the museum at a later date.
The memorial also acts as a reminder of how many lives were lost here on our home soil in training, poor lads who never even go into the fight. 
 


 
Marker text:
Civil Engineers:

NATIONAL HISTORIC
CIVIL ENGINEERING SITE

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN
No. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL - DUNNVILLE

A TRIBUTE TO CANADA'S CIVIL ENGINEERS WHO,
BETWEEN 1940 AND 1943, WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF 88 AIRFIELDS
AND 88 RELIEF FIELDS, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE
REQUISITE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE AIRFIELDS WERE REQUIRED BY THE BRITISH
COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN WHICH
TRAINED MORE THAN 250,000 PERSONNEL, OF
WHOM 131,000 WERE AIRCREW, FOR THE ALLIED
WAR EFFORT.  THIS FIELD, DUNNVILLE AIRPORT,
WAS THE SITE OF No.6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING
SCHOOL.

CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR
CIVIL ENGINEERING
 

 

2003

Jarvis Stone:
NO. 1 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL
R.C.A.F. JARVIS

WAS A UNIT OF THE BRITISH COMMANWEALTH
AIR TRAINING PLAN, THE 39 MEN NAMED ON THIS PLAQUE
LOST THEIR LIVES SERVING AT JARVIS.

IN REMEMBERANCE OF

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
F/O E.J. BOUNDS
LAC J.A.W. BOYD
LAC G.C. BURKE
LAC H. BURNEP
AC2 P.J. DEEBANK
CPL W.C. DOAN
LAC J.S.W. GRAY
P/O J.H. GREEN
SGT F.J. HAWKE
LAC A.R. HAYES
LAC J.A. HOLGATE
LAC F.E. INNES
SGT G.R. JACKSON
LAC J.H. KEARNEY

LAC R.W.G. KILLICK
LAC W.M. KIRKBY
LAC J.A. LeFURGEY
SGT R.N. McCRANK
AC2 I.B. MOREHOUSE
F/O E.B. NORBURY
F/O T.H. PERLEY-MARTIN
F/O M.B. POOLE
LAC A.C. REED
LAC H.P. SAMUEL
LAC S. SCHWARTZ
LAC J.A. SMITH
F/S G.R. TROUTBECK
LAC G.N. WINFIELD

ROYAL AIR FORCE
LAC F.G. BARBER
LAC G.C. BEST
SGT N. WADE
LAC R. WALLER
LAC J.S. WILLIAMS

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
LAC R. McNABB
P/O K. SLATER
LAC C. TAGGART
F/S J.B. WATTS

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
SGT J.W. WHITEHEAD

CIVILIAN - HARRY BULLOCK

LEST WE FORGET
 



Hagersville stone:
NO. 16 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
R.C.A.F. HAGERSVILLE ONT.

A UNIT OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
AIR TRAINING PLAN WAS DEDICATED
IN 1941 AND SERVED AS A TWIN AND
SINGLE ENGINE PILOT TRAINING SCHOOL

THE 16 AIRMEN NAMED ON THIS PLAQUE
LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING AT THIS SCHOOL.

IN REMEMBERANCE OF

LAC F.R. COOK
LAC G.H. McLURE
LAC H.W.H. PARTLOW
LAC J.N. FORST
LAC O.K. NICKERSON
P/O J. CASKIE
LAC L.C. JONES
LAC R.B. STEELMAN

LAC G.B. TAYLOR
LAC H.J. LEE
LAC F.V. STEPHENS
LAC SMILEY
F/L S.G.N. GROVE
SGT H.G.R. DRAKE
F/L J.H. CHANDLER
LAC T.O.C. POUYAT (RAF)

LEST WE FORGET
 


 
Dunnville stone:
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN
NO. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL - DUNNVILLE

1940 - 1944

THIS MEMORIAL IS IN RECOGNITION OF
ALL THOSE WHO SERVED AT NO.6 S.F.T.S.
ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES WHILE STATIONED AT THIS BASE

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
P/O  ANGUS, ALEXANDER
F/O  BALDWIN, JESSE
LAC  BENNIMAN, DONALD
LAC  BILKEY, JAMES
LAC   BLAIR, FREDERICK
LAC  CONNORS, HERBERT
LAC  DAVIDSON, ROBERT
W.O.1  DEAN, LLOYD
F/L  DUNSTAN, ARTHUR
LAC  FLEMING, MARSHALL
LAC  GOUGH, CHARLES
LAC  GUELICH, ALLISON
W.O.1  HERRON, MARVIN
LAC  KENDALL, CLYDE
W.O.2  KIRK, NORMAN
P/O  KLINTWORTH, RICHARD
W.O.1  LAWRENCE, ARTHUR
LAC  MOORE, SYDNEY
P/O  MCINTYRE, JAMES

LAC  MCMARTIN, JOHN
F/O  NAISMITH, ROSS
LAC  O'CONNOR, PATRICK
LAC  PANTING, REGINALD
F/SGT  PATERSON, JOHN
ROYAL F/O  PENN, LLOYD
SGT  POMEROY, GEORGE
LAC  POSTELWAITE, GEORGE
P/O  QUINN, DOUGLAS
P/O  ROY, WILLIAM
AC2  SCHARF, LYALL
P/O  SCHATZ, SANDFORD
LAC  SCHWATRZ, FRANK
LAC  STEVENS, ROBERT
LAC  STEWART, HAROLD
SGT  STRICKLAND, PETER
LAC  TAYLOR, WILLIAM
LAC  TIBBETTS, WILMOT

ROYAL AIR FORCE
LAC  SMITH, WILLIAM
LAC  TENNIAN, JOHN

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
LAC  GREEN, STANTON
LAC  HAWORTH, JOHN
LAC  RANKIN, ALASTAIR
LAC  WILLIS, ALEXANDER
LAC  WOOD, NOEL

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
SGT  ANDERSON, CLARENCE
F/SGT  EVANS, BRIAN
P/O  LEIGH, KENNETH

LEST WE FORGET
NO. 6 RCAF DUNNVILLE MUSEUM 1999 INC.
JULY 4, 2004

 

Callander

 

Location:   Parry Sound District   N 46 13.390  W 79 21.810
On the corner of Landsdowne Street and High Street.
 

This good looking cenotaph is located in Peace Park, dedicated to honouring those who served their country in time of war.  The main memorial lists the men lost in the First World War, while a small plaque at the base of the memorial lists the names of those lost in the Second World War.  The Korean War is also recognized, although no one from this area was lost in that conflict.
A motion is underway in the local town council, to upgrade the current memorial by adding two additional monuments on either side of the existing memorial.  One monument would be dedicated to Fire Fighters and Police Officers.  The local legion, Branch 445, and the town have given the plan its blessing.
 



Marker text:
Main memorial:
LET WINGS OF PEACE
ENFOLD THE SWORD

TO OUR
FALLEN HEROES

JOSEPH AUBIN
RICHARD SHIELDS
WALTER S. KETTLE
LEO GROZELLE
MELVILLE McLEOD
HENRY DIXON
OSCAR BUCHANAN
DUNCAN McLEOD
WILLIAM PERRY
WILLIAM E. MORRISON
JOSEPH ROCHEFORT
JOHN BODIE SMITH
THOMAS R. NODWELL
VICTOR HEARL

ERECTED BY THIS MUNICIPALITY TO
COMMEMORATE THE SERVICES &
SACRIFICE OF OUR MEN
IN THE WAR OF
1914 - 1918
 
 

Base:
KOREA
1950 - 1953
 

Base plaque:
THEY PAID THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE  FOR KING
AND COUNTRY

R. CHARETTE
V. DUFRESNE
J. KERVIN
C. LEROY

L. MASSON
V. OUELLETTE
C. SULLIVAN

WORLD WAR II  1939 - 1945
 


Back:
LEST WE
FORGET

1939 - 1945

C. LEROY
L. MASSON
J. KERVIN
D. PIGEAU
R. CHARETTE
V. DUFRESNE
C. SULLIVAN
D. McKENZIE
V. OUELLETTE
W. CLARK
J. SAMPSON
G. O'CONNOR
A. DEMERS
D. LECLAIRE

Tara

 

Location:  Bruce County   N 44 28.613  W 81 08.698
At the corner of Yonge Street S(County Road 10) and Main Street.

In the small village of Tara we find an attractive and fitting memorial to the men from this area who gave their lives in the World Wars.  Originally erected to honour those lost in the First World War, the names from those also lost in the Second World War were added later.  The memorial lists names from the village of Tara and the Township of Arran, along with the dates of their death.
The memorial is found in a triangular shaped park near the main intersection, and is also accompanied by two historical plaques which pay tribute to two of the town's famous sons.  Sir William H. Hearst, seventh premier of Ontario, and "Cyclone" Taylor, one of hockey's earliest stars.
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 383, located nearby, tends to the care of the memorial.

**May humblest apologies if any of the names listed below are incorrect.  They are difficult to read in my photos.


 
Marker text:
Front:
LEST
WE
FORGET

1914   1918

OUR GALLANT UNFORGOTTEN
 


 
Right side:
1939 - 1945
ORVAL E. CRAWFORD
KEITH A. HILLS
ALVIN HARRON
KEITH NELSON
HARRY ROBERTSON

NORMAN REED
STEWART ROBERTSON
ARNOLD ROLLINGS
MAURICE COLLINS
CLARENCE LONG
 


 
Rear:
IN PROUD
AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
OUR HONOURED DEAD
AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON
IN THE GREAT WAR

ARRAN
JOHN COOPER, MAY 23, 1916
THOMAS NORMAN MONKMAN, JUNE 8, 1916
CLARENCE PORTER,      1916
FLT. LT. JOHN R. GEDDES, NOV. 3, 1917
HARRY HODGSON, AUG. 15, 1917
CLARENCE WILSON, APR. 17, 1918
LT. NEVILLE A.D. DAVIS, MAY 28, 1918
MELVILLE D. PROUD, AUG. 8, 1918
PERCY H. SPEARS, SEPT. 2, 1918
RUEBEN R. PLANT, NOV. 7, 1918
JOHN WOODS, JULY 11, 1918

TARA
EDWARD A. HARRIS, AUG. 18, 1916
EDWIN D. PORTER, APR. 17, 1917
GEORGE E, WAIN, NOV. 21, 1917
GEORGE A. POTTS, NOV. 25, 1917
PERCY F. BEATON, MAR. 15, 1918
HOWARD GRANDSER, AUG. 28, 1918
D. GORDON HENDERSON, SEPT. 27, 1918

ALLENFORD
ROBERT H. ASKIN, JULY 17, 1916
WILLIAM ?. DORNAN,  MAY 18, 1917
 

 

Grafton Legion Branch 580

 

Location:  Northumberland County   N 43 49.025  W 78 03.793
On the north side of Highway 2, in front of the Legion.

This memorial is somewhat unique, in that it is constructed with stones from the beaches of Dieppe.  The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #580, is named after Lt. Col. John W. Foote  VC. CD., who served with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry.  He was decorated with the Victoria Cross for bravery at Dieppe.  He is the only member of the Canadian Chaplain Services to ever have received this medal.    The armoury in Hamilton has been re-named after him, and is now listed as a Canadian Historicsl Site.  After the war, he resided in nearby Cobourg.  For more history of Lt. Col. Foote's bravery and storied life, please refer to the Legion website:
 http://www.rcl580.ca/lt-col-john-w-foote-v-c-c-d/

The memorial itself is mostly constructed of field stones, with some Dieppe stones added for decoration by the Dieppe War Veterans Association.  The top of the memorial features a sundial, which is something I have never seen before on any memorial, and I am unsure of its significance.  Three small plaques have been added to the face of the memorial and a Dieppe stone cross is in the centre.



Marker text:
Top plaque:
LT. COL. JOHN W. FOOTE  V.C. C.D.
R.C.L. BR. 580  GRAFTON, ONTARIO
 


Middle plaque:
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
1919-18; 1939-45; 1950-53
 


Lower plaque:
STONES FROM
DIEPPE WAR VETERANS ASSOC.
DEDICATED JUNE 1983
 

Cambridge (Galt) WREN Memorial

 

Location:   Waterloo Region   N 43 21.542  W 80 19.100
On Queen's Square North, just off Grand Avenue North.
 

This memorial is a tribute to the Wren's, the Women's branch of the Royal Canadian Navy.  It was first unveiled in 1972, then re-dedicated again in 2010, on the 100th anniversary of the Navy.  The memorial features a Wren in uniform, and two small plaques recognizing their contribution.
Galt, now part of Cambridge was the main training base for the Wrens, designated as H.M.C.S. Conestoga.  The Navy was the last of the major branches of the armed forces to include women, they having played a key role in the medical field during World War I.  The Army and Air Force each established a Women's branch in 1941, the Navy finally adding women in 1942, taking the assistance offered from the British Royal Navy.  
A much more detailed and inclusive history can be found in the following links:
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2012/12/the-navy-e2-80-99s-women-e2-80-9470th-anniversary-of-the-wrens-navy-part-54/
http://www.thewrens.com/history/canada/

 

Marker text:
Top plaque:
TO HONOUR THE WOMEN'S
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL SERVICE,
AND TO EXPRESS THANKS TO THE
CITY OF GALT, WHERE THEY
RECEIVED THEIR BASIC TRAINING
1942-1946
(repeated in Fench)
8 0CT - 1972

Lower plaque:
Canadian Naval Centennial Rose
AC NAVY LADY

Sponsored by the Wren Associations in Canada
In recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy

A tribute to our shipmates
All the gallant men and women
who served at sea and ashore in the Canadian Navy
Past, Present and Future

May 16, 2010

Port Dover Legion

 

Location:  Norfolk County   N 42 47.276  W 80 12.011
At 212 Market Street, near to corner of St. Patrick Street.

The Hugh Allan Branch #158 of the Royal Canadian Legion, found in the pretty town of Port Dover, is one of the busiest you will find.  Hosting several community events every year and keeping an updated Facebook page with all the weekly events, from euchre night, dinner, darts, and the list goes on.
At the entrance to the Legion, stands a pair of plaques to honour the men from Port Dover and Woodhouse who gave their lives in the World Wars.  While the Legion is constantly promoting community events, fun and frolic, they also continue to pay respect to those who have served before us.
The Legion is named after Hugh Allan, a Chief Engineer with the Merchant Navy.  He died February 22nd, 1942, when his ship, the S.S. George L. Torian, was torpedoed by a German U-boat, 120 miles off the island of Trinidad.
 



Marker text:
Top plaque:
1914   1919
IN MEMORY
OF PORT DOVER AND WOODHOUSE BOYS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR

D T ABBOTT
LEONARD BLAKE
ALFRED L. BLAKE
WALTER BRADBURY
LEA BOUGHNER
MILTON CRUISE
WILLIAM FAULKNER
CHARLES FRANKS
JOHN FOLMSBEE
LLOYD HAMMOND

ROY HICKMAN
JOHN HUKE
EARL KRELL
WALTER LOWE
WILLIAM LOWN
WALTER LONG
JOHN MAY
GORDON McCALL
ARCHIBALD MORRIS
ROBERT NUNN

EARL DENNISON
CECIL POWELL
CHARLES PLACE
WILSON PORTER
HENRY QUANBURY
EARNEST QUANBURY
JOHN SPAIN
GEORGE SPAIN
DAN SMITH

ERECTED BY PORT DOVER WOMEN'S INSTITUTE 1921
 



Lower plaque:
1939    1945
IN MEMORY
OF PORT DOVER AND WOODHOUSE BOYS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II

HUGH ALLAN
CHARLES BLACKHURST
ROBERT FERGUSON
WM. H. GRAHAM
DOUGLAS HAMMOND

TOM IVEY
JEFFREY LONG
LLOYD MARR
JAMES MILLER

CHAS. E. PHILLIPS
RICHARD RYERSE
BRUCE ST. LOUIS
JACK H. THORNTON
HERBERT ZEALAND

ERECTED BY
PORT DOVER LADIES AUXILIARY B.E.S.L.  No.158  1949